Bicycle saddle-post



(No Model.)

A. L. -GARFORD BICYCLE SADDLE Pos1 No. 596,699. Patented Jan. 4, `1898.

C G C aven mm @ff UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. GARFORD, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

BICYCLE SADDLE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,699, dated January4, 1898. Application i'iled January 22, 1897. Serial No. 620,300. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. GAREORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsl in Bicycle Saddle-Posts;and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in direct seat-posts, so called,adapted for securing a bicycle-saddle upon a bicycle.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, andeasily-operated construction whereby the desired result may be attained.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my seat-post completeand in use for clamping the spring of a bicycle-saddle. Fig. 2 is asectional front elevation on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a rearelevation of the post when the clamping-jaws are removed, and Fig. 4 isa detached rear view of said clamping-jaws.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents thesubstantially-vertical stem of the post, which is adapted to be securedto the bicycle in the usual manner. upper end of this stem in anyappropriate manner is a horizontal tube B, which is cut away upon itstop side between its ends, thereby formingl the substantially-verticalears Z2 b and a recess b between them. The seat support or spring G liesin this recess between said ears, resting upon the tube B. The springGis held in the position stated by the clamping-jaws O C', which arerelatively movable laterally toward and from each other. Both jaws maybe movable in the ears b b, as shown in Fig. 2 in the drawings. In suchcase the said movement may be effected by means of the bolt D, having athreaded end d, which screws into jaw C', a cylindrical shank d', whichpasses through the jaw C, and a head d2, which bears against the jaw Cand causes it to be moved toward the jaw C.

In the proximate faces of the jaws the grooves c c are cut, whichgrooves receive and embrace the side edges of the spring G. The top wallof these grooves is beveled substantially as shown, whereby the spring Gis Secured to the' clamped down upon the edges of the tube B as the jawsare drawn nearer to each other.

Modifications of the specific form or arrangement shown in the drawingswhich are within my invention will readily suggest .themselves to oneskilled in this art, and I do not wish to be understood as limitingmyself to that specific form or arrangement further than the claimsrequire.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a direct seat-post, thecombination of the stem A, two parallel vertical ears on the upper endthereof, two relatively-movable clamping-jaws supported and surroundedby said ears, and means for moving said jaws relatively toward eachother to clamp a saddle-spring placed between said ears, substantiallyas specified.

2. In a direct seat-post, the combination of the substantially-verticalstem, a horizontal tube secured upon its upper end, which tube is cutaway upon its top side between its ends to form two ears and a recessbetween them which will receive the saddle support or spring, tworelatively-movable clamping-jaws having in their proximate faces grooveswith beveled top walls, and means forrelatively moving said jaws towardeach other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a direct seat-post, the combination of the stem, and thesubstantially-horizontal tube on the top of said stem, which tube is cutaway on its top side between its ends, thereby forming the ears b b andarecess between them, with two clamping-jaws, mounted in said ears, saidjaws having in their inner ends grooves adapted to embrace the edges ofthe saddle support or spring, and a screwbolt for moving saidclamping-jaws toward each other, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. The combination, with a bicycle having the seat-post A and a saddlehaving the supporting-spring G, of the tube B cut away on its upper sideand thereby leaving ears b h, the clamping-jaws C and C having thegrooves c c, and means for moving said jaws relatively toward each otherand preventing their separation, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR L. GARFORD.

Witnesses:

E. L. THUEsToN, E. B. GILCHRIST.

